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The beginning of the video shows a heavy four-engine jet taking off from DCA. No heavy jets can take off from DCA's short runways, plus they'd probably violate noise limits. On the upside, I saw at least two bicycle shops in the video.

The way some of the articles discussing the Amazon announcement read, you'd think they've already begun lengthening the runways

0:43 of the utopian video on that page features an off-screen collision between a car and a bicycle taking the lane down Crystal Drive.

Give that cyclist some credit, they're doing a perfect trackstand with no motion or wobbling whatsoever!

Originally Posted by accordioneur

While I wouldn't take the video too literally, the animators neglected to include any of the the existing bike lanes! The cyclists on 15th St. (1:34) are riding in a traffic lane of what has become a three lane street, and the protected lane in front of the WTFCC Whole Foods is gone (2:15). Plus, they're flying a delivery drone within the FAA no drone zone around the airport & DC (1:21).

+1000 on noticing the blatant FAA drone violation. Also, what happened to all of the protected bike lanes?

Other interesting things noticed (I'm really sleepy, so pedantry will run wild):

No Metro buses (especially Metroway which runs on Crystal Dr) or stations shown

No CaBi's or bike racks seem to be there

At 0:12, this isn't New York City, so why are there so many yellow cabs here?

At 0:25, 3 cars heading southbound go straight from the left turn only lane

Also at 0:25, everyone on Crystal Dr is running the red at 20th St (look where the stoplight is, how could anyone on Crystal Dr see it?)

Good detail work on having the Carlyle street lights and the curved Metro entrances

At 2:32, that car-free public space looks really nice

At 3:01, building at lower right corner of screen has its solar panels facing the wrong way (facing east, should be south)

National Landing is a dumb name

Well I can nit-pick too. I was looking for familiar names (besides the blatantly obvious Whole Foods) and feeling like my city was gone. Where were Spike Mendelsohn's two restaurants? No Jaleo? No Commonwealth Joes?